Raptors have large rounded
eye balls which casts a relatively large image on the ratina.

Raptors have binocular
vision, so they can see the same thing with both eyes, which gives them special
vision for catching the prey.

Words used…

See clearly

Over view of the earth/See from the height

Very attentive

B. Powerful talons and beaks:

Raptors have powerful feet
with sharp pointed claws called talons with which the prey is acquired.

Raptor’s talons are very
powerful for catching the prey and killing by very high pressure.

Usually bird’s beaks
specialize for acquisition of prey, and Raptors have a very strongly hooked
beak that can be used to tear apart the prey already killed by

claws. (This is in contrast with
other birds where food is acquired by the beak and not with claws.)

Words used:

Catch and kill

Tear apart

Zoom from the height

C. Soaring and floating

Raptors (except owl) soar
very high in the sky and see the ground from a great distance.

Raptors feel safe and
comfortable when they in flight instead of on the ground. They feel awkward and
vulnerable on the ground.

Words used:

Soaring/Fly round and round

Feel light, tranquil

My own world

Looking after children and the vulnerable and being devoted to partner
and to family are general bird features but, at the same time, partner, family
and children are all tremendously restrictive. [this strongly

expressed in Buteo-j red-tailed hawk, in which the phrase, often used by
patients.....''being tied to the stove'' or ''to the kitchen'']

Africa: Among the Kikuyu of Kenya, it was
believed that owls were harbingers of death. If one saw an owl or heard its
hoot, someone was going to die. In general, owls are viewed as harbingers

of bad luck, ill health, or death. The belief
is widespread even today.

The Americas

In most Native American folklore, owls are a
symbol of death. Hearing owls hooting is considered the subject of numerous
"bogeyman" stories told to warn children to remain indoors at night
or not cry too much, otherwise the owl may carry them away according to
Seminole and Apache tribes.[34][35] In some tribal legends, owls are associated
with spirits of the dead, and the bony circles around an owl's eyes are said to
be made up of the fingernails of apparitional humans. Sometimes owls are said
to carry messages from beyond the grave or deliver supernatural warnings to
people who have broken tribal taboos.

Pawnee tribes viewed owls as the symbol of
protection from any danger within their realms. Ojibwe tribes as well as their
Aboriginal Canadian counterparts used an owl as a symbol for both evil and
death. In addition, they used owls as a symbol of very high status of spiritual
leaders of their spirituality. Pueblo people associated owls with Skeleton Man,
the god of death and spirit of fertility. Yakama tribes use an owl as a
powerful totem. Such taboos or totems often guide where and how forests and
natural resources are useful with management, even to this day and even with
the proliferation of "scientific" forestry on reservations.

According to the culture of the Uto-Aztec
tribe, the Hopi, taboos surround owls, which are associated with sorcery and
other evils. The Aztecs and Maya, along with other natives of Mesoamerica,
considered the owl a symbol of death and destruction. In fact, the Aztec god of
death, Mictlantecuhtli, was often depicted with owls. There is an old saying in
Mexico that is still in use: Cuando el tecolote canta, el indio muere
("When the owl cries/sings, the Indian dies"). The Popol Vuh, a Mayan
religious text, describes owls as messengers of Xibalba (the Mayan "Place
of Fright").

The belief that owls are messengers and
harbingers of the dark powers is also found among the Hočągara
(Winnebago) of Wisconsin. When in earlier days the Hočągara committed
the sin of killing enemies while they were within the sanctuary of the chief's
lodge, an owl appeared and spoke to them in the voice of a human, saying,
"From now on the Hočągara will have no luck." This marked
the beginning of the decline of their tribe. An owl appeared to Glory of the
Morning, the only female chief of the Hočąk nation, and uttered her
name. Soon afterwards she died. People often allude to the reputation of owls
as bearers of supernatural danger when they tell misbehaving children,
"the owls will get you."